Balkan superstar Goran Bregović wrote Mesečina (“Moonlight”) as the title track to Podzemlje (“Underground”) 1995 award-winning film directed by Emir Kusturica. The film, which follows two friends from WWII to the Yugoslav wars in 1992, is a bizarre satire of communism, war, and the history of Yugoslavia. Bregović is credited with popularizing Balkan and Romani music through his work on various film soundtracks and with his Weddings and Funerals Orchestra. Mesečina has become a staple of Balkan-style brass bands as well as of street bands.
Goran Bregović, Serbia, arr. by Maurice
SOLO NOTES:
E-flat Instruments:
Use the same notes as a D Major scale, but the "home note" is A:
A B C♯ D E F♯ G
You can mess around on this one. Try playing C both sharp and natural.
Try playing F both sharp and natural. Try playing B both flat and natural.
Each has a different color, and all will sound in key with the bass line if your melodic line is strong.
C Instruments:
Use the same notes as a F Major scale, but the "home note" is C:
C D E F G A B♭
You can mess around on this one.
Try playing E both natural and flat. Try playing A both natural and flat.
Try playing D both natural and flat.
Each has a different color, and all will sound in key with the bass line if your melodic line is strong.
B-flat Instruments:
Use the same notes as a G Major scale, but the "home note" is D:
D E F♯ G A B C
You can mess around on this one. Try playing F both sharp and natural.
Try playing A both natural and flat. Try playing E both natural and flat.
Each has a different color, and all will sound in key with the bass line if your melodic line is strong.
